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Webster 1913 Edition
Aculeate
A-cu′le-ate
,Adj.
[L.
aculeatus
, fr. aculeus
, dim. of acus
needle.] 1.
(Zool.)
Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle.
2.
(Bot.)
Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles.
3.
Severe or stinging; incisive.
[R.]
Bacon.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aculeate
ACU'LEATE
,Adj.
1.
In botany, having prickles, or sharp points; pointed; used chiefly to denote prickles fixed in the bark, in distinction from thorns, which grow from the wood.2.
In zoology, having a sting.